$15,000 Coffee Maker Shaped Like a Jet Engine


Fly high with this aeronautically theme espresso machine. The Jet Engine Coffee or Tea Machine is an accurate looking 1/4 scale version of a real jet engine. As you would expect from a device this luxuriously priced, it’s hand crafted. But not from ordinary metals. Oh no. This it the high test stuff, like that Civet Coffee that’s made from that Indonesian cat-like animal poop, except instead of beans in animal excrement, it’s metal. Heavy metal. The Judas Priest of coffee makers. We’re talking aviation-grade 6061 aluminum alloy, 316 stainless steel, and 7075 aluminum-bronze alloy. Is your Keurig made from aviation-grade anything? Didn’t think so.

Slide back the jet’s cowling and inside is your espresso machine. You can also brew tea in there. A pair of buttons on the base let’s you choose your serving size as it fills up your diamond encrusted mug or your solid gold travel mug. This coffee maker is a beast- weighing in at over 65 lbs! That’s a lot of aviation-grade aluminum. Would make a great high end gift for anyone into aviation, or perhaps someone with a private jet would like this onboard or at home to keep the jetsetting theme going and caffeinated.

$15,000 Coffee Maker Shaped Like a Jet Engine
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Jet Powered Miniature Monster Truck

jet powered mini truck Jet Powered Miniature Monster Truck
It’s the world’s smallest jet powered monster truck! I wasn’t even aware that monster trucks came in any size besides “monster” but Jeff Seymour and Dieter Sturm have hooked a jet engine putting out 160lbs of thrust (when the afterburner! is ignited) at 80,000 rmp (!!!) into a tiny monster truck. Surprisingly they are not using this thing to jet down the highway but have hooked up a smoke machine to the engine so it just scoots around putting out massive amounts of smoke and sounding like a jet airplane. See the action video (without the body, use your imagination):

Personally I was expecting something much much faster, but the serious mobile smoke machine is pretty cool. It needs an oil slick button to go full Spy Hunter though. The Micro Monster Truck is available for parties, tv shoots, and any other occasion you feel the need to rent something like this.

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Jet Powered Miniature Monster Truck